First Election In Thailand

It s the first general election since 2011.

First election in thailand. The by election was organised for constituency 4 to replace ittirat. Thailand has been buffeted by political. Turnout was expected to be high for this first election since 2011 thai voters have taken part in the country s first general election since the 2014 coup.

Thailand s first election in eight years won t be free or fair say democracy activists campaigning for sunday s poll marred by crackdown on anti junta parties and push to retain military leader. Thailand s 2019 general elections will be the first since the passing of the late king bhumibol adulyadej or rama ix on 13 october 2016. Referendum on democracy thailand s first elections in years thailand has struggled to overcome deep rooted political divisions since 2001 when thaksin shinawatra came to power.

Of these 76 were directly elected while 74 members were appointed. In the previous 2007 constitution the senate was composed of 150 members. The election was based on the first past the post system.

Of the elected members 75 came from the provinces of thailand and one from the bangkok metropolitan area. Concomitantly they will be the first elections in thailand not held under political conditions of royal hegemony and the bhumibol consensus since 14 october 1973 when the late king intervened in support of. The first election since the covid 19 outbreak has been held in lampang province on saturday amid strict health measures.

Bangkok thailand s military junta has finally allowed elections to take place the first since it took power in a coup five years ago promising to be a temporary steady caretaker of the. T he thai people head to the polls this sunday for the first time since the country s military seized power in a 2014 coup.